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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2001-0015 json

Network Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) in Windows 2000 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a "WM_COPYDATA" message to an invisibl…

published 2001-03-12 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0015

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Network Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) in Windows 2000 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a "WM_COPYDATA" message to an invisible window that is running with the privileges of the WINLOGON process.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

3.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • atstake.com http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a020501-1.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.